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Cairo fire video from 2020 falsely viral as blaze at Maha Kumbh Mela bus stand

Prantik Ali15th February 2025

A video is viral on social media showing several cars engulfed by a fire and black smoke billowing out. A man can be seen escaping the fire in the first…

Months old, satirical video of Samay Raina crying viral amid row over ‘India’s Got Latent’

Shinjinee Majumder14th February 2025

A short video of comedian Samay Raina crying has gone viral. In this, Raina, tears, can be heard saying in Hindi, “I was late to watch it…” while his other…

Did J P Nadda insult the Constitution by placing it near his feet? Clipped video viral with misleading claims

Shinjinee Majumder14th February 2025

A video shared on X by the official handle of the Indian Youth Congress purportedly shows BJP national president and Union health minister J P Nadda placing a copy of…

‘Cat’ in the act: After row over meat found in Hindu temple, probe reveals a feline fault

Oishani Bhattacharya14th February 2025

After a video showed pieces of meat scattered inside a temple premises in Hyderabad, claims have emerged that it was a deliberate act to disrupt the sanctity of a Hindu…

AI generated image viral with false claim of terrorist Ayub Khan arrested from Kumbh Mela

Abhishek Kumar14th February 2025

A picture is going viral on social media in which a monk has a rope tied to his hand with two policemen are restraining him from both sides. All of…

Video of Congress leaders dancing after launch of Delhi polls theme song peddled as post-election celebrations

Ankita Mahalanobish14th February 2025

Amid the backdrop of the 2025 Delhi assembly election results, a video featuring Congress leaders dancing is being widely shared on social media, claiming that despite failing to secure any…

Sudarshan News invents communal angle in Faridabad murder; falsely reports that accused were Muslims

Pawan Kumar14th February 202514th February 2025

Trigger Warning: Graphic Descriptions of Violence On January 9, 2025, Right-wing propaganda outlet Sudarshan News ran a video showing a deceased young man as a ‘breaking news’ post on its…

No, world leaders did not snub PM Modi; video shared by UP Congress is misleading

Oishani Bhattacharya14th February 202529th July 2025

The official X handle of Uttar Pradesh Congress recently shared a video consisting of short clips from three different events showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with three world leaders —…

Did Diljit Dosanjh praise the UP govt for Mahakumbh arrangements? Clipped video viral with misleading claims

Shinjinee Majumder12th February 2025

A video of Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh is viral on social media. In this, he is seen praising the Uttar Pradesh government for the stellar arrangements at the…

Muzaffarnagar youth in viral video harassing woman is not a Muslim; social media claims are false

Ankita Mahalanobish12th February 202512th February 2025

A video of a man blocking the way of a young woman on a road and then the latter managing to run away is going viral on social media, along…

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No bikes, no booze, no outsiders: Poll panel’s unprecedented orders stump Bengal

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma’s speech at Varanasi varsity shared out of context, falsely linked to RSS